Your Profile page shows a real expiry date next to your plan — not a vague "active" status. This explains exactly what that date means and what happens on either side of it.
How the 30 days actually starts
The moment a payment gets verified (or an admin manually sets your plan), a real 30-day period begins from that exact timestamp — not from the start of the month, not rounded to a convenient date. If you're verified at 3 PM on the 10th, your plan runs until 3 PM on the 9th of the following month.
What the color-coded warnings mean
As your expiry date approaches, you'll see it flagged — a gold warning once you're within 5 days of expiring, and a clear red flag if it's already passed. This isn't decorative; it's meant to give you real advance notice before anything actually changes, not a surprise the day it happens.
What happens when a trial ends, specifically
If you're on the free trial and it runs out without upgrading, your account automatically moves to Observer — the free tier with no live signals — rather than staying stuck showing "trial" indefinitely. This is a real, automated cleanup process that runs daily, not something that depends on anyone noticing manually.
What happens when a paid plan expires
The same logic applies — once a paid plan's 30 days are up without a renewal, the account reverts, rather than continuing to show access it hasn't actually paid for. If this happens and you believe a payment should have already renewed it, that's worth checking against how payment verification actually works, since a pending (not yet verified) payment won't extend anything until it clears.
Why there's no automatic recurring billing
Since payment happens via crypto rather than a card that can be charged automatically, renewal isn't automatic either — it genuinely requires making a new payment and having it verified again, the same process as the first time. This is a real limitation of the payment method, not a deliberate choice to make renewal harder.
The honest part
A 30-day plan with no auto-renewal means you're responsible for renewing it yourself before it lapses — there's no silent auto-charge happening in the background that you might forget about, but there's also no safety net if you forget to renew. The visible countdown on your Profile page exists specifically to make that your decision, made with real information, not something that catches you off guard.